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Possible 25 Million Year Old Frog Found
dispatch writes "A small frog, found preserved in amber, has been found by researchers in Mexico City. The frog, according to the scientists, may be some 25 million years old! According to the article: 'The chunk of amber containing the 0.4-inch frog was uncovered by a miner in southern Chiapas states in 2005 and was bought by a private collector, who lent it to scientists for study.' Unfortunately, it doesn't seem as though the scientists will be allowed to drill into the rock, at the owner's request."
The owner sounds like a real toad.
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
... the hole they drill enables the owner to put it on a chain and carry around his neck?
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Everyone knows you need a mosquito to resurrect the Dinosaurs. Whoever heard of a blood sucking frog?!
I want my bloody Dinosaurs!
* Stamps feet, puts hands on hits and pouts *
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.. but usually mosquitoes instead of frogs. I saw a documentary about extracting the blood they ate and making clones of the animals it belongs to. All I remember is to stand still and you will be fine.
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1) Yelled "Get off my lawn!!" 2) Grabbed a top hat and cane and began singingg "Hello My Baby" 3) ?? 4) Prophet!
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They'll just wait until he croaks.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
...although Kermit might qualify. However, if they find a Transylvanian vampire duck with a penchant for carrot-juice preserved in amber, they'd damn well better get the DNA, whatever the owner says.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
The Earth is only 6,000 years old, so this ancient frog must be from another planet!